Galley lock



June 12, 1923. 1,458,712

J. E. LEE

.GALLEY LOCK Filed April 5, 1922 19 Inuenfor Z A x 1% 4 x JamesEdgqrLee. 5 5 fawn? Patented June 12, 1923.

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JAMES EDGAR LEE, OF GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO THE CHALLENGE MACHINERY COMPANY, OF GRAND HAVEN, MICHIGAN, A CORPORATION OF MICHIGAN. p

Application filed April 3,

To all wlzomz't may concern:

Be it known that 1, JAMES EDGAR LEE,

a citizen of the United Statesof America,

residing at Grand Haven, in the county of Ottawa and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in- Galley Locks; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,-such 1 as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to galley locks and is particularly concerned with the provision of a very simple, inexpensive and especially effective lockof this character, which is very effective in use and presents no parts liable to he accidentally caught by the clothing of the operator while making up his form between the lock and the head of the galley, together with, a capability for storage of printing paraphernalia used in making up the form outside of the lock, temporarily, andgenerally simplify and make more practical locks of this character.

Another object of this invention is to provide a lock of the. general character shown in the Jones Patent No. 1,366,663, granted Jan. 25, 1921, wherein the lock is held in place by frictional contact at its ends against the sides of the galley, this invention 1ncluding several improvements, both in structure and function, for the betterment of the working of the lock and greater economy in manufacture. Various other objects, purposes and advantages of the invention will be apparent as understanding thereof is had from the following description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a galley with my galley lock in place, parts being broken away and shown in section for better disclosure.

Fig. 2 is a horizontal section enlarged through the galley lock and fragmentary portions of the sides of the galley.

Fig. 3 is a transverse section through the galley lock on a plane adjacent and paralleling that shown by line 3-3, of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is an end elevation of the galley lock.

Like reference characters refer to like parts in the different figures of the drawing.

The galley is of conventional construc- -A rod 7 is :placed inside GALLEY LOCK.

1922. Serial No. 549,271.

tion having a bottom land vertical sides the sides 2 of th galley. Near one end of.

the bar, two of its sides are slotted at 6 for a purpose which will hereafter appear. and lengthwise of the bar 5,.being of substantially the same length therewith. The ends of the rod are oppositely threaded and a nut 8 is carried on and at each end of the rod. These nuts at their outer ends are formed with short circular bosses 9 which are designed to bear against the sides 2 of the galley whenthe lock is in operative position.

A collarlOis located on the rod 7 at the slotted part at 6 in the bar 5. A handle 11 is formed at one end with a reduced I threaded extension 12 adapted to be received in an interiorly threaded opening made through the collar and rod. By moving the handle back and forth-within the limits prescribed by the slot at 6, the rod is given a partial rotation. The nutsS are held from rotation by reason of fitting within the ends of the bar 5, and rotation of the rod 7 in one direction serves to project both nuts outwardly simultaneously, and in the other direction withdraws the same simultaneously. Accordingly, when properly adjusted on the rod 7, said nuts are pressed against the sides 2 of the galley to frictionally engage therewith-on movement ofthe handle 11 to the position shown in Fig. 1, and are released therefrom on movement of the handle in the opposite direction.

The handle 11 is readily removed from connection with the collar 10 and rod 7, whereupon the rod with attached nuts 8 can be taken from the bar 5 that houses the same, and the nuts adjusted to different positions, either by a quarter or half turn of the same or more, should it ever become necessary to do so if the nuts do not sufficiently engage the galley sides when moved outwardly, or if theyare not sufliciently withdrawn when the lock is released. By virtue of this construction, the lock is very easy of assembly, as is evident. In fact,

the lock is particularly simple and economical to build, assemble and keep in order.

The handle 11 is located adjacent one end of the lock preferably, so that it will be out of the way while the operator is setting up his form, the handle being as far away from the operator as possible and not at all liable to interfere with him in an way. A considerable space is left at the left of the galley lock and below the handle for temporary reception of or storing of type, lines of type, rules, leads, slugs and other paraphernalia used by him in making up a form, the galley lock in no way interfering. Simplicity in structure and operation, no change necessitated in "the galley construction, easy adjustment and durability of construction combine to make the lock'one of exceptional value. And it has so proved in practice.

I claim:

1. A galley lock comprising an elongated hollow body, a rod oppositely threaded at its ends located within and lengthwise of the body, nuts on the ends of the rod located at the ends of the 'body, and means for manually turning the rod from outside of the body.

2. A galley lock comprising a bar adapted to be placed between the sides of a galley, a rod having oppositely threaded ends located lengthwise of the body, nuts on the ends of the rods held from rotation by engagement with the bar, and means for manually turning the rod in opposite directions.

3. A galley lock comprising a hollow bar substantially square in cross section, a rod located inside and lengthwise of the bar, nuts on the ends of therod located in the located inside and lengthwise of the bar,

said rod being oppositely threaded at its ends, nuts on :the ends of the rod located in the ends of the bar, said bar being partly slotted transversely therethrough adjacent one end, and a handle passing through'the slot and detachably connected with the rod for manual turning of the same.

5. A galley lock comprising a bar, a rod carried lengthwise of the bar, means car ried at each end of the rod and associated with the bar whereby on turning the rod about its longitudinal axis said means may be simultaneously projected outwardly or simultaneously withdrawn, and means for manually turning the rod in opposite directions to effect such projection or retraction.

'6. A galley lock comprising a hollow bar,

a rod having oppositely threaded ends located lengthwise of the bar, nuts in the ends of the bar threaded on to the ends of the rod, acollar'on the rod between its ends, said collar and rod having threaded openings therethrough, and a handle having a threaded end entered into the openings in through the bar, said bar being slotted to pass the handle and to permit a limited movement thereof to turn the rod.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

JAMES EDGAR LEE.

vthe collar and rod and extending outwardly 

